News

November 23, 2015

An innovative program that helps livestock farmers increase per-animal profits while also reducing agricultural pollution will expand in three states, thanks to a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) and its partners.

November 21, 2015

The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) voted today to sign a consent decree settling a lawsuit filed by environmental organizations over millions of pounds of pollution being dumped into the Potomac River from its water filtration plant in Potomac, Maryland.

November 3, 2015

As Gov. Terry McAuliffe develops his biennial budget request, 400 Virginians have written to urge McAuliffe to support sufficient funding for projects to restore local rivers, streams, and the Chesapeake Bay.

November 3, 2015

Farmers in 22 Virginia counties can now apply for $1.45 million in funding from USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to help improve Chesapeake Bay water quality through livestock exclusion and forestry practices in targeted rivers and streams.

October 22, 2015

The Great Baltimore Oyster Partnership, a collaboration between the Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore's Healthy Harbor Initiative and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF), announced today plans to plant 5 million oysters in Baltimore's Patapsco River by 2020.

October 12, 2015

October 6, 2015

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation's Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund today announced a $200,000 grant for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) and local partners to carry out restoration projects that will reduce pollution entering impaired Hampton City waterways, restore the oyster population, and educate local residents.

September 23, 2015

The Hanley Foundation and Hanley Wood announced today that the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) headquartered in Annapolis, Maryland will receive the second annual Hanley Award for Community Service in Sustainability.